RF & Microwave Industry News

RSS

Autonomous Software-defined Radio Receivers for Deep Space Applications Jon Hamkins and Martin K. Simon, Eds. John Wiley & Sons Inc. • 457 pages; $150 ISBN: 978-0-470-08212-6 The purpose of this book is the development of techniques to autonomously configure an all-digital software-defined radio (SDR) receiver for whatever type of...

Millimeter-wave Receivers These custom-designed millimeter-wave receiver modules are designed for radiometer applications. Two downconverter models have been custom-designed to operate at K-band (20 to 40 GHz) and V-band (50 to 75 GHz). Gain calibration is accomplished using an internal K- or V-band noise source, a noise injection coupler and...

Remote signal intelligence monitoring systems must combine high speed signal acquisition, signal classification and monitoring functionality all within a platform that is compact in size, lightweight and rugged in construction for deployment in the harsh environments common to most military applications. The Tampa Microwave RV3500 system combines multiple software-defined...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Parade Technologies Ltd. , a leading company in high speed video interfacing and processing products, selected the Agilent J-BERT N4903A for DisplayPort testing. The J-BERT is a high performance serial bit error ratio tester that enables high quality measurements for the emerging DisplayPort standard...

Following the sale of ITT ’s switch division, the company announced the creation of C&K Components . The new privately held C&K Components is leading the switch industry with innovative products delivered with the legendary service that made C&K the world’s preferred supplier. The roots of C&K are rich...

S.M. Shajedul Hasan of Virginia Tech has won the first William Bazzy Fellowship. Hasan received his BS degree from Bangladesh University in 2002 and his MS degree from the University of Tennessee in 2005. He is currently a PhD candidate under the supervision of Dr. Steven Ellingson. His dissertation...

We’re sure virtually all of the attendees and guests would agree that the beach was incredible, the weather fabulous, the accommodations superb and the convention center comfortable and accommodating. Microwave Week attracted 6952 attendees— not a record attendance by any means, but certainly a respectable turnout considering its remote...

For mm-wave experiments executed at low temperatures, it is desirable to use a stainless-steel waveguide in the refrigerator for thermal isolation and to plate the waveguide with a higher conductive metallic layer to reduce microwave attenuation. While the electroplating of metal on stainless-steel is a well-established procedure, there are...

LINC2 Filter Synthesis Software LINC2 Filter Pro version 1.14 adds a new line of space-efficient RF and microwave filters to its filter design and synthesis software. Compact, space-saving interdigital filters can now be designed in microstrip or stripline materials using LINC2 Filter Pro. These and other microstrip and stripline...

A combined US Air Force/Lockheed Martin team has successfully completed an on-orbit reconfiguration of the five-satellite Milstar constellation to maximize the system’s capabilities to provide secure, reliable and robust communications to US and Allied Forces around the globe. Orbiting the earth at over 22,000 miles in space, the Milstar...